This includes your thoughts on items like quality and availability of health care, nurses, caregivers, and geriatric services.

General Livability

This includes your thoughts on items like cost of living, median house price, crime, and weather.

Working

This includes your thoughts on items like appropriately compensated jobs for the 50+, 50+ unemployment rate, and 50+ employment growth.

Education

This includes your thoughts on items like educational attainment, college enrollment and affordability, and quality of education.

Community Engagement

This includes your thoughts on items like access to the arts, entertainment, and recreational facilities, volunteer rates for older adults, quality of public libraries, accessibility and quality of civic and religious organizations, and government funding available for older adults.

Transportation

This includes your thoughts on items like walkability, ease and frequency of navigating traffic, Walk Score ®, and availability and reliability of public transportation.

Colfax is the county seat of Whitman County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,805 at the 2010 census. The population is estimated at 2,826 per the State of Washington Office of Financial Management in 2015 making Colfax the second largest city in Whitman County behind Pullman. It is situated amidst wheat-covered hills in a valley at the confluence of the north and south forks of the Palouse River. U.S. Route 195, which forms the town's main street, intersects with State Route 26 at the north end of town; in the past, Colfax also lay at the junction of three major railway lines. It was named after Schuyler Colfax, the vice president from 1869-73.

sponsor messages

Senior Living Communities

Explore Home Care Options Near You

Consider the benefits of an in-home caregiver. Care can range from 1 hour a day, to a few hours a week, to full time. Connect to a trusted provider today.

Find a Financial Professional Near You

With 9,000 financial professionals available across the nation and 4,500 on MassMutual.com, MassMutual is committed to helping you secure your future.

Taxes

B

How did Washington earn the grade of B? We examined the state taxes based on how age friendly they are. Washington has a state sales tax of 6.50%. Of particular interest is that Washington does not have taxes on social security. There are estate taxes. There are no taxes imposed on inheritance. Washington has an effective property tax rate of 1.06%. Weighing these taxes and other taxes most likely to impact the aging population is how Washington earned its state tax grade of B.

Review:
Colfax, WA

This includes your thoughts on items like quality and availability of health care, nurses, caregivers, and geriatric services.

General Livability

This includes your thoughts on items like quality and availability of health care, nurses, caregivers, and geriatric services.

Working

This includes your thoughts on items like appropriately compensated jobs for the 50+, 50+ unemployment rate, and 50+ employment growth.

Education

This includes your thoughts on items like educational attainment, college enrollment and affordability, and quality of education.

Community Engagement

This includes your thoughts on items like access to the arts, entertainment, and recreational facilities, volunteer rates for older adults, quality of public libraries, accessibility and quality of civic and religious organizations, and government funding available for older adults.

Transportation

This includes your thoughts on items like walkability, ease and frequency of navigating traffic, Walk Score®, and availability and reliability of public transportation.

Know Another Place Well?

Your review is now part of Age Friendly Advisor and is putting a human touch on research about age friendly communities. You’re helping others worldwide to more easily age and engage with their current community - or a new one.

Feedback

First Name
*

Last Name
*

Email
*

Your message has been sent

If your question requires a response, you will receive it at the email address below.